Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, 19 November at the Peveril Centre in the Methodist Church at 7.30pm when Colin Merrony will give a talk on aerial photography: “Looking Down on the Past: Aerial Photography”.
For over 100 years aerial photographs have been taken of sites in Britain offering an extensive record of the landscape before many of the great changes caused by urban growth, intensive agriculture and other developments in the late 20th and the 21st centuries.
This is a valuable resource for understanding the development of the landscape over the last 5000 years or more and combined with new techniques, have contributed not only to dramatic changes in understanding of the past, but also to the management and protection of sites and landscapes across Britain.
Meetings
Castleton Historical Society holds regular meetings on the third Thursday of each month, except for August and December. Our meetings are held at the Peveril Centre, Methodist Church on Buxton Road in Castleton and our programme of talks can be viewed here. Visitors are always welcome to attend for a small charge (£3) which includes hot drinks and biscuits.
Closure of Castleton Museum
With great sadness, CHS announces the closure of Castleton Museum, which has been housed within Castleton Visitor Centre for over 20 years. The space occupied by the Museum’s displays will become available for commercial use next year. A small area will be reserved for wall-mounted displays. Some of the archive of documents, photographs and artefacts will continue to be stored on site for establishing and renewing the new display area but much of the collection will be dispersed.
More details of this development can be seen here.
The Village of Castleton
Castleton developed as a settlement in the 12th century when the Norman fortress of Peveril Castle was built there. Articles on the history of Castleton can be found here and some photos from our collection are shown below.
Castleton Historical Society
Castleton Historical Society is a voluntary group who promote the history of the Village with a programme of talks, events, displays and local history research. CHS is responsible for establishing and continuing to curate an archive of documents, photographs and artefacts relating to the history of Castleton.
In recent years, the Society has participated in a number of ongoing archaeological digs. More information about our meetings, research and archaeological activities, publications and events are described on this website. New members are always welcome.
